Either Carson's supporters haven't been listening to him, or they're just as fucked up as he is...

[MrScorpio]

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2015/10/26/3715969/ben-carson-ridiculousness-continues/

Half the time Carson has no idea what he's talking about and the other half, he's saying the most ridiculous sounding bullshit that he can muster. If he actually thinks that he can get elected as president and function in office, he'd have to be the most delusional Klown in the Klown Kar.

I have my own theory about him: He's pretty much trying to out-crazy the craziest GOPer out there in order to pander for support... And it's working, of course. I believe that his ultimate goal really isn't to get elected at all, but to monetize his campaign for publicity and greasing the rubes in the long run. We can thank the Wasilla Snow Snooki for pioneering this electioneering scam. Carson's simply taking it to its next possible phase... By running his own "campaign," rather than hoping that some other Klown Kar driver would pick him to ride shotgun.

What's pretty freaking obvious that he's actually found the happy medium between popularity and un-electability, by spouting off his outrageous rhetoric.

Black conservatives are extremely adept at using pandering to white right wingers in order to line their own pockets, all the while, avoiding any actual responsibility whatsoever. I don't expect Carson to be any different.

[delrem]

1. They are AT LEAST as fucked up as he is.

He's their mentor - the best of them.

[etherealtruth]

2. Unfortunately, they are listening and they are loving it

[Cosmocat]

6. Yep

That said, he is their worst possible nominee, the only real chance if chosen, for the democrats to take back the House.

[Cha]

3. I vote "fucked up as he is". thanks for compiling carson's shite.

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2015/10/26/3715969/ben-carson-ridiculousness-continues/

[kelliekat44]

4. The latter. nt

[MADem]

5. He speaks softly--that's why people aren't as appalled as they should be.

The kind of bullshit he spouts is normally (word used advisedly) accompanied by spitting, screeching, and some amount of bulging eyes/veins.

Instead, he speaks like a narrator for a sleep hypnosis audiotape.

[trusty elf]

9. ....

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[PatSeg]

17. He mumbles so badly,

I don't think they really can hear what he's saying, but he looks like such a "nice man".

[MADem]

20. I can't help but think of the Bad Lip Reading from the first debate everytime I see him.

That nailed it...!

[PatSeg]

21. Oh my god!!!

That was absolutely brilliant and they got the Carson mumbling perfect!

[Arkansas Granny]

7. I'll go with "just as fucked up as he is".

In all honesty, the same could be said of the other Republican candidates, as well.

[Abouttime]

23. Carson is a seriously flawed man, not fit for public office

I heard as a surgeon Carson had an abnormally high rate of malpractice suits, probably why he no longer practices, no one will insure him. He also was a shill for a disgraced nutrition company charging huge amounts just to give speeches and do testimonial videos. Kinda blows away his campaign theme of him being some kind of miracle worker. Carson is a phony, just like the failed CEO Carly, and the three time bankrupt billionaire.
I see Hillary winning this election in a landslide and Democrats making huge gains in the house and senate.

[eridani]

8. I'll take "Fucked Up" for $300, Alex

Scratch a conservative, find a terrorist who is usually too afraid of the law to actually do anything.

[deutsey]

10. I don't think there's a way to overstate just how far off the rails

on a crazy train sizable segments of America have gone.

[trusty elf]

11. Weak-minded authoritarians

are deferential to the famous brain surgeon. Also, they love his whole redemption narrative. As a kid he was "volatile", threw rocks at cars, attacked people with baseball bats and knives, etc., but found Jeebus and grew up to be a doctor.

I shudder to think of what he would do if he stopped taking his meds.....

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[7962]

12. He seemed a little lost at times in that debate

But he's been that way in all 3 of them

[JHB]

13. Well,think about it: Carson sounds like a sedated repetition of...

...selections from old Limbagh rants, Townhall and Red State columnists, and stuff from videos of Breitbarts and O'Reiley.

He's simply telling them what they already "know", and it's coming from a brain surgeon ("proof" they're not stupid) who's also black ("proof" that they aren't the racist ones).

[LuvNewcastle]

14. He rises in the polls just about every time

He says something crazy, then Trump will say something crazier, and he'll be ahead. I can't wait to see which makes the wildest, most absurd statement that clinches the nomination.

[hobbit709]

15. Definitely fucked up if not completely deranged.

[Vinca]

16. I've been wondering about his followers for weeks and I might have the answer.

Maybe they think he's the "Second Coming." No . . . seriously. They're by and large batsh*t crazy so they've obviously convinced themselves of something. I watched an interview of Christian college students and they seemed to have a robotic, glassy-eyed adoration of him. Very strange.

[PatSeg]

18. He does remind me

a bit of some weird cult leader, who looks all starry-eyed, but really is just stoned and/or crazy.

[lonestarnot]

19. They are all just waiting for his phone sex call to them.

[KamaAina]

22. "the Wasilla Snow Snooki" FTW!